[Arcane] Mage Video Guide

youtube.com/watch?v=GI35Crd9vzE&hd=1
I found no video guides describing how to play arcane with the scorch weaving rotation. At the time I started playing with this method there was no mention of it on Noxxic or Icy Veins, however they have been recently updated to mention it.
With this rotation you never drop your 6 stack Arcane Charge. I'm not gonna go into too much detail, you can watch the video for the full description. I recommend Mages try using this for single target fights.
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youtube.com/watch?v=GI35Crd9vzE&hd=1
I found no video guides describing how to play arcane with the scorch weaving rotation. At the time I started playing with this method there was no mention of it on Noxxic or Icy Veins, however they have been recently updated to mention it.
With this rotation you never drop your 6 stack Arcane Charge. I'm not gonna go into too much detail, you can watch the video for the full description. I recommend Mages try using this for single target fights.
Sorry I cant make the link clickable, new account.

Very helpful. Interesting that he recommends a mastery build over haste. I thought this entire scorch weave was built around haste > mastery.

Also not sure what the normal ap rotation would be. Assume it's just on cd and due the normal rotation.

I just went from Haste - > Mastery, and I already do miss the haste. With the mana regen and the speed of casting, the spec felt extremely fluid and wonderful. Mastery seems slow and clunky, but haven't tried it out too much (had to suspend the raid tonight till Saturday). Another perk I liked with Haste is it generally made Arcane slightly more movement capable. RoP could be dropped quicker and you wouldn't have to worry as much about losing those stacks if you could get a quick cast in. Time will tell.

I just went from Haste - > Mastery, and I already do miss the haste. With the mana regen and the speed of casting, the spec felt extremely fluid and wonderful. Mastery seems slow and clunky, but haven't tried it out too much (had to suspend the raid tonight till Saturday). Another perk I liked with Haste is it generally made Arcane slightly more movement capable. RoP could be dropped quicker and you wouldn't have to worry as much about losing those stacks if you could get a quick cast in. Time will tell.

We have a mage in our guild that uses the Haste build, and the same scorch-weave rotation that we use, his DPS numbers a very close behind us but in general are lower.

Originally Posted by LaplaceNoMa

Great guide.

One question: how do you go about the cooldowns macro? Do you have to place '/cast alter time' at the very end of the macro?

My macro for AP is in a pastebin under the video. but here's another link to it pastebin.com/SP6A6yrD

Originally Posted by Holyshnikies

Correct. But in his video, he says never use barrage... he uses scorch instead and keeps stacks at 6 all the time.

Thats correct, only use ABarr when your AT is about to expire. If you use scorch to keep up your mana and never drop your stack you will always be doing max damage with Arcane Blast and Arcane Missiles. This is much more viable since in the 5.1 patch when they reduced the base mana cost of Arcane Blast. I wouldn't recommend test this on a dummy, the buffs from a raid are enough to alter your mana regeneration and make the rotation much more viable.

And I do have to disagree with his rotation. I tried his with scorch. I was down about 7-10k single target. I use arcane barrage when I'm at 6 stacks with no missiles left.

I do use scorch when I have to move however...

Scorch weaving does take a little more skill in my opinion, ESPECIALLY with the mastery build. I did extensive research testing both the dropping stacks with barrage and using scorch. Weaving seemed to always come ahead but not by huge numbers. Dropping 7-10k going from one to the other seems more of a mechanic issue than anything.